My name is Carlo DeVito, and I am the author of East Coast Wineries: A Complete Guide from Maine to Virginia published by Rutgers University Press. This blog is dedicated to primarily east coast wines and wineries including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It will also feature products and information from other regions.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Kevin Zraly's American Wine Guide...Great News for Eastcoast Wineries

I was walking through the offices of my new job the other day, when I happened upon a great new book...Kevin Zraly's American Wine Guide. This is a small pocket guide packed with information. Zraly, and his Sterling Publishing editor Steve Magnuson, have done something incredibly brilliant - they have finally given small independent wineries their due.

Obviously, a large portion of the book is dedicated to California and the northwest, as it should be. But, the book is also chock-a-block with color labels from every state in the union, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusentts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York.

In it he extols the most well know wineries in each state, and where the state ranks in terms of wine production, etc. While other pocket guides pretend to cover the smaller, independent wineries, in fact the do little. Here, for the first time, some one of Mr. Zraly's stature, has put together a colelction, if not complete, at least the highlights from every state. Virginia and New York especially get good coverage. It is a good start. Thank you Mr. Zraly! Absolutely the best American pocket wine guide in the US today. Congrats!

Zraly say that these are the "Wineries to look for in Neww York State:"

Kevin wrote of New York State..."The most significant developments are taking place on Long Island, which has experienced the fastest growth of new vineyards...the predominant use of Vitis vinifera varieties allows Long Isalnd wineries to compete more effectively in the world market.

He also remarked on the Hudson Valley, writing, "The Millbrook Winery in the Hudson Valley has shown that this region can produce world class wines - not only white, but red too, from such grapes as Pinot NOir and Cabernet Franc."

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About Me

Carlo DeVito is a long time wine lover, and author of books and magazine articles. He is the author of Wineries of the East Coast. He has traveled to wine regions in California, Canada, up and down the east coast, France, Spain and Chile. He has been a published executive for more than 20 years. He shepherded the wine book program of Wine Spectator as well as worked with Kevin Zraly, Oz Clarke, Matt Kramer, Tom Stevenson, Evan Dawson, Greg Moore, Howard Goldberg, and many other wine writers. He has also published Salvatore Calabrese, Jim Meehan, Clay Risen, and Paul Knorr.
Mr. DeVito is the inventor of the mini-kit which has sold more than 100,000,000 copies world wide. He has also publisher such writers as Stephen Hawking, E. O Wilson, Philip Caputo, Gilbert King, James McPherson, John and Mary Gribbin, Thomas Hoving, David Margolick, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., John Edgar Wideman, Stanley Crouch, Dan Rather, Dee Brown, Susie Bright, and Eleanor Clift.
He is also the owner of Hudson-Chatham Winery, co-founder of the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail, and president of the Hudson Valley Wine Country.
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